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Enterprise Raid Server Sas Hard drives ( Serial Attached SCSI) are enterprise hard drives generally used in Servers and Nas Devices in conjunction with raid controllers. A select few motherboards now have allow SAS drives to connect directly to the motherboard. The drives spin at 10,000 and 15,000 rpms allowing for faster read and write cycles. As with their SCSI predecessors, successful data recovery of SAS drives require advanced data recovery hardware and software. We use the latest advance hardware and software for all of are data recovery cases. Raid Server Data Recovery : We provide Raid Server Data Recovery for all Server makes and models. I addition to Raid Array data recovery for Raid Servers, we also provide raid data recovery for all makes and models of NAS Raid appliances, SAN Servers and External and Internal Raid Arrays. Generally most raid array recoveries are completed within 24 hours of receipt of the drives. As with our individual External Hard Drive Data Recovery, we follow a prescribe methodology for raid array recoveries from Raid Servers, San Servers, NAS Devices, Internal and external raid arrays. Each Drive is examined to determine any problem with that drive. If a logical or hardware issue is discovered it is corrected so as to make the drive mountable. Each mountable drive is than Forensically imaged to one of our Enterprise SATA drives. Our Advanced Forensic Imaging devices have two advantages over other imaging software and hardware. Our Imagers have the fastest data transfer rates available. Our Forensic hardware and software has the ability of reading multiple bad sectors and recovering those sectors to the recovery drive. This leads to a greater data recovery success rate when dealing with bad sector issues. The Imaged drives are than mounted on one of our Raid Recovery workstations, where our engineers will determine the parameters of the raid array, reconstruct and de-strip the array, which is then copied to another drive. Although we do not promote the use of large volume raid arrays, we will recovery any raid array, no matter the size the drives nor the number of drives used in the array. If you are contemplating constructing a large volume array call and talk to one of our engineers to learn the inherent problems and failure rates of large volume raid arrays. Our goal is the complete recovery your data without causing more loss or corruption to the failed drives. We therefore DO NOT perform data recovery over the Internet nor over a Network. We WILL NOT perform data recovery from a source drive, active Server, Workstation or NAS Device. All of these methods present a high risk of data loss or data corruption. For more information concering recovery from Raid Servers, SAN Servers, NAS Devices, Internal raid arrays or external raid arrys call and speak to one of our raid recovery engineers.

In Addition to NAS data recovery we also provide SAN data recovery. SAN. Storage Area Network, are high speed Enterprise data storage devices generally connected to a network via Fiber Optics. The San devices are generally used for storage of large amounts of data and high speed data transfer. SAN Devices are usually configured in 1 or more Raid Arrays using enterprise SATA, SAS or SCSI Drives. We provide raid data recovery for all SAN Raid 1, SAN Raid 0, SAN Raid 5, SAN Raid 6, Hybrid SAN arrays and any other SAN Raid array configuration. We provide San Data Recovery for all makes and models of SATA Drives, SAS Drives and SCSI Drives. We provide SAN Data Recovery for Qnap, Sans Digital, Drobo SAN, Open E, ISCSI SAN, DS Dapron, Raid, Inc, Spectron and all other makes of SAN Servers. We provide San Data Recovery for all makes and models of SATA Drives, SAS Drives and SCSI Drives. We maintain a Class 100 Clean Room data recovery environment for platter exchange required for failed or seized drive motors. Head exchange data recovery for failed hard drive reading heads is also preformed in a Class 100 clean room data recovery environment. Head Platter stuckation data recovery is also preformed in a Class 100 clean room station.

We provide USB Flash Data Recovery, NAND chip data recovery, SSD Data Recovery, Flash Media Data Recovery, Thumb drive data recovery and SSD NAND Chip Data recovery. We provide circuit board data recovery , controller chip data recovery and NAND chip data recovery for failed flash drives. Data Recovery from failed circuit board or controller chips of flash drives, SSD drives and flash media is highly probable. Data recovery of a failed NAND chip is not possible. Once a NAND CHIP has failed the data is lost forever. We provide Data Recovery from RAM (random access memory) chips in special cases. RAM Chip data recovery is possible as long as the power to the RAM chip has not been discontinued and the data has not been overwritten. Once the power to the chip is stopped the data is dumped and Ram Chip data recovery is not possible. We provide data recovery for hard drives with failed PCB Circuit boards. The Rom chip contains data specific to that hard drive and is needed to access the drive. We use the most professional data recovery hardware and software specific to the hard drive manufacturer to ensure the most successful data recovery of the Rom Chip.

We provide tropical data recovery for all electronic media storage devices that have been damage due to server weather, fire, flood, tornado, hurricane and electrical power surges. The most common cause of data recovery loss during a tropical storm or sever weather event is power surges. If your drive fails to start after a power surge, do not continue to try to start the drive. Continued attempt to power up a damaged drive can led to more if not full data loss. The second most common drive problem to occur during a sever weather event is water damage, whether full submersion or moisture contamination. In either case the hard drive should not be powered on. Our tropical data recovery techniques are able to handle most any digital storage device which may have been compromised from water or moisture.

US Data Recovery provides electronic data recovery services Nationwide as well as Worldwide for Corporate users, Business Users and Home Users. We also recover data for Federal, Foreign and Local Government Entities, Medical Facilities, Educational Facilities and all other commercial and non commercial Institutions. We offer our Clients simple Flat rate pricing based on the number, size and type of drive. All recovery cases start immediately upon receipt of the drive with no up charge for weekend and Holiday services. Most data recovery cases are completed within 24-36 hours of receipt of the drive. This includes most raid array cases. We are HIPPA Compliant and exceed HIPPA requirements for data security. Each Client’s case is assigned to its own recovery hardware and software and all data and forensic images are stored on individual hard drives. No Client Data is stored on Servers or any Internet connected device. Our client’s data Security and Confidentiality is of utmost importance.

With Technology rapidly changing, new hard drive volumes are quickly appearing on the market. Hard drives with 4 tb and 6 terabytes of capacity are already on the market. With the higher capacities and platter densities also comes newer problems which can lead to the need for data recovery. Most of these super volume drives are being used in enterprise situations. For small business and individual users these may not be the best choice of drives. If you are using one of these drives and have a failure, it is best to shut the drive down and call one of our techs. We provide data recovery for all makes and models of 4 TB hard drive, 5 TB Hard Drives and also for the new helium filled 6 TB Western Digital and Seagate 6 TB and 6 TB Seagate hard drive, Seagate Kinetic Drive.. We also recover data from the new Seagate 8 TB and WD 8 TB and 10 TB hard drives.

Data Management has become a crucial part of every Corporation’s and small Business’s infrastructure. A comprehensive Data Management Plan should define how the data will be archived and stored and who will have access to the data. These are the most import parts of a Data Plan as approximately 44% of all Data Loss is a result of Hardware Malfunctions or Failure and about 32% of Data Loss or Corruption is a result of human error. Therefore it is critical to understand the expected life spans of hard drives, workstations and storage serves and have a comprehensive update plan to prevent critical data loss due to hardware malfunctions. Since the next greatest data loss occurs from human error, having a personnel data management plan including who has access to critical data and who is responsible for backing up mission critical data can reduce the risk of a data disaster loss.The most critical part of preventing a Data loss Disaster is implementing the proper data storage devices needed for your business needs.

After having a comprehensive Data Management Plan in place you should then have a Data Disaster Recovery Plan in place. Beyond your control incidents have taken out many of the best prepared data centers. Lightning storms, Electrical surges, Flooding and other Natural disasters as well as hacking and virus attacks can cause a data disaster for your Business. How long and how bad the impact to your business depends on the Disaster Plan you have prepared. Having a logical IT recovery plan and pre determined designated recovery team in place will lessen the impact to your business.

Your data storage devices may include off site Cloud Storage, NAS (Network Attached Storage) data Storage, External or Internal HDD data storage or Sever Storage utilizing Raid Array Volumes. The best prevention of a data loss disaster is to have current multiple backups of your data. In the event that you do have a mechanical or software failure of one of your storage devices, DO NOT attempt any type of recovery, repair or Raid rebuild without a having a current and complete copy of your data. Your best course of action is to shut the Storage device down to prevent any further loss or corruption of your data. Call US Data Recovery and speak to one of our techs concerning the safest method of data recovery for your specific device. We have been providing Data Disaster recovery management for over 35 years to large and small businesses.

We also Offer forensic data recovery and forensic data imaging of all electronic data storage media including hard drives, DVR video Survaillance drives, Iphones and Androids for individual users, small business, private investigators, large Corporations, Law Firms, Universities, Military, Police Departments, Home Land Security and other Government entities. We provide eDiscovery for electronic data storage devices used for civil and criminal litigation. All forensic image integrity is certified with MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 hashes. We have 23 years prior Criminal investigative experience in Federal and local law in Washington, D.C.

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Recovering data from a failing hard drive is not advisable. Attempting to do so can result in complete loss of your data. If your hard drive is slow to access, slow to copy data to or from or has folders that are not accessible or empty all indicate that the drive is falling. The best course of action is to shut the drive down and call one of our data recovery Techs. All hard drives are forensically imaged for any data recovery services. Our Forensic Imaging hardware has a unique ability to recover bad sectors. Few imaging devices or software can deal with massive sector failures. Our hardware is adjustable for multiple attempts to read bad sectors resulting in a very high success rate of recovering data from those sectors. Multiple attempts to read bad sectors with our hardware will not shut down the hard drive due to bad sector limitations of the SMART feature of the Hard Drive. Forensic imaging is the byte by byte imagining of every sector of the client hard drive. We have successfully recovered many hard drives with over 800,000 plus bad sectors. We provide Certified Forensic imaging for eDiscovery cases, Forensic Data Recovery and Forensic data imaging of all make and models of hard drives, raid arrays, flash drives, and micro hard drives. Forensic imaging, byte by byte imaging of each sector allows for the most complete recovery of all data, including previously delete and fragmented remnants. We use the most advance Forensic hardware and software for hard drive imaging and Forensic data recovery. We maintain a Class 100 Clean Room data recovery environment for platter exchange required for failed or seized drive motors. Head exchange data recovery for failed hard drive reading heads is also preformed in a Class 100 clean room data recovery environment. Head Platter stuckation data recovery is also preformed in a Class 100 clean room station.

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US Data Recovery recovers data from all makes and models of Hard drives that have failed due to drive failure, logical failure or hardware failure. There are many causes for hard drive failure including, failing sectors, bad blocks, read errors, firmware corruption and read head failure. Any of these problems can result in non access to your data. We use the most professional manufacture drive specific latest recovery hardware and data recovery software to correct the drive failure and recover the data.

SAS hard drives ( Serial Attached SCSI ) replace the older SCSI drives. The advantages of the newer SAS drive over the SCSI drives are faster transfer rates and the ability to connect with more drives. SCSI drives have a limitation of communicating with more than 16 SCSI drives where the new SAS drives can communicate with more than 65,000 other SAS Drives. SAS drives are generally used in Enterprise servers, SAN Servers, NAS Servers, DAS Servers and enterprise workstations.

Recovering data from enterprise SAS drives and NL-SAS hard drives requires special equipment and software for a successful recovery. We use the latest SAS data recovery hardware and software for all our SAS Recovery cases. For raid reconstruction of SAS raid array we use workstation with 4 ghz processors and 32 gigs of Ram memory for the fastest possible data reconstruction, de striping and recovery of your company data.

Unable to access your data on your external drive? Is your external drive clicking or buzzing or simply not powering up? Can you see your external drive data but are unable to open the files or read write or copy data to the external hard drive? We provide data recovery for all makes and models of External Hard drive. All external hard drives will contain one of the following major brand hard drives: Seagate, Seagate BarraCuda, Seagate FireCuda, Seagate IronWolf, Seagate SkyHawk, Western Digital, WD HGST, Seagate Samsung, Toshiba, Seagate Maxtor, Hitachi, or Fujitsu. External hard drives are generally portable SATA hard drives or SSD Flash Media Drives connected to the computer via USB, FireWire or Thunderbolt.

We also provide raid data recovery for any brand of external hard drive configured is a raid array. Most external drives set in a raid array are usually configured in a striped, raid 0, array or a mirrored, raid 1 array. Data Recovery of external hard drive raid arrays are generally recovered within 12 -24 hours of receipt of the drives.

The most common external hard drive data recovery issues come from corrupted firmware modules or motor spindle seizure. Corrupted firmware generally occurs when the external drive is dropped while running or unplugging the drive before a read and write operation is completed. Spindle seizure usually occurs when the external drive is knocked over or dropped. This type of data recovery will require a Platter exchange and a clean room recovery. Either recovery case will cost our same Flat rate price. We recommend, when using an external drive, that you lay all stand up external drive flat on your desk to reduce the chance of the external drive being knocked over.

External hard drives were designed to backup data from your pc or server. By moving your data from your pc to the external drive you have made the external drive a primary data storage device, without any backup. Backing up data to multiple external drives is the only safe method of securing your data. Cloud storage of your data is another method of backup. Cloud storage should only be considered as a third backup as data can be corrupted in the upload or download transmissions.

Raid Hard Drive configuration RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is the combining of two or more hard drives working in unison to gain greater levels of performance, redundant reliability, and or to create a larger hard drive volume sizes. In the past this type of configuration was generally used only by large companies. Today, many small business and home users are finding an ever increasing need for servers and mass external storage devices to store there ever expanding data needs. When multiple raid configured hard drive arrays fail, special software and hard were is needed to successfully recover your data.

We provide Worldwide Data Reconstruction for all Raid levels. If you have a raid array fail in your SAN Server, Raid Server or NAS server do NOT attempt to rebuild the array unless you have a complete backup off all the data, separate from the Failing Raid array. Attempting to do so can corrupt data if not completely loose your data.

Most Server and NAS arrays are built using drives that were from the same lot. When one drive fails there is now a high probability of other drives in the array will fail in short order.. If other drives in the array fail during the rebuilding of the array you will most likely loose your data. If you do not have a complete and current backup of your data from the array then the best choice is to power off the server and call one of our raid specialist. We have found that most of our Corporate Clients and Business Clients are relying on their raid array as to sole source of their data backup based on the redundancy of raids. This is a practice that will lead to disaster. Raid Arrays fail for many reasons as do single hard drives, CDs, and DVD,s Flash Drives and SSD Drives, Cloud storage. Protection from data loss can only be accomplished by multiple copies of the data and understanding the life expectancies of media storage devices. During the past year we have found many Raid array recovery clients with a replace hard drive from a different manufacture or model number. This is another practice that will put the drives out of step which can cause slower read and write speeds and possible lost of the array.

Raid arrays are configured in raid levels based on the performance and redundancy that is required for the application. Raid levels vary from hardware arrays and software arrays Raid Levels consist of Standard, Non Standard Raid levels.

Raid array failure for most corporate users is generally a minor several hour inconvenience as they are more likely to have a disaster plan in place to deal with raid array failures. Large corporations generally have the resources to have multiple servers so that ALL their data is not concentrated on one server. They will usually have multiple up to data backups and possibly a backup server ready to go on line.

Having a raid array failure or a single drive failure is a disaster for most home users and small to medium size business users. Panic sets in as you see your entire digital life gone or your entire business shut down. What you do next can determine if this disaster turns into a Major Disaster or a Catastrophic Disaster.

Remove the server array from the network and Shut the system down. This includes an active array with just a single drive failure. Do not attempt to rebuild the array unless you have a good backup copy of all your data including the most recent files. Remove all of the drives from the array. Build a new array with new drives and start rebuilding your array from your data backup, even if the backup is old and out of date. If your raid array needs to be recovered you will already have the server and your company up and running. Once the recovered data is back you will simply be updating the array. Even if you have a complete and sound backup of the array, rebuilding using the remaining good drives may result in corrupted data, lost files or failure of other drives in the array. With most businesses, getting the company back up and running and recovering all the data is most important. Buy following the previous steps you have the server up an running in the quickest amount of time and you have the failed array secured so no other damage or data loss can occur.

I know this goes against what older IT administrations and Techs were taught. We have a combine 57 years experience building, recovery, maintaining and implementing raid arrays on servers, NAS devices, SAN Servers and DAS Servers. This is not how we were taught when it came to recovering a failed raid. Back when, we were limited to the software and hardware that was available to use for bad drives, like CheckDisk, Fsck, Spinrite, all of which are destructive programs. Destructive because they re write data on the hard drive attempting to correct errors in the MTF or Journaling systems or moving data from a bad sector to a good sector sector. With an active failed raid array, with no backup, copying the data or cherry picking the data was the only choice then attempt to add a new drive for the failing array and attempt to rebuild the array for several hours or days. How many arrays have you spent hours on a rebuild, only to have another drive go and the array fail?

Why Not copy the active data from a failing raid array or replace a failed drive and rebuild? The main reason is that when the array was first constructed at the factory or by an IT department, all the drives used in the array were the same make and model drive. All the drives were most likely purchased at the same time from the same location and most probably were all manufactured at the same time and are from the same lot. If one drive from the same lot fails, there is a very high probability that other drives will shortly fail with the same problem. At this point why the drive failed is not of concern. Your only concern at the moment is to protect the integrity of the data on the drives. If you start a rebuild and another drive fails you may corrupt or loose data on the array. The only safe course of action is to remove all the drives from the array and have each forensically imaged with forensic hardware and software designed for data recovery and having the ability to deal with bad sectors.

Bad sector failure is the second major concern when attempting to rebuild a failing array. Greater density has been gain on the hard drives by the compression of tracks and sectors to produce greater capacity on the same size platters of 20 years ago. Failing sectors are now more critical then in years past, especially when dealing with multiple drives in a raid array.

US Data Recovery provides SAN Server Data Recovery Services for Corporate, Business and Home user clients. We provide SAN data recovery for any SAN server using proprietary operating systems. We recovery all Enterprise SAN Server SAS Hard drives, SATA drives, SCSI HDDs and SSD Drives.

All SAN hdds are forensically imaged to a new drive for recovery. Forensic drive imaging provides the most reliable and secure method for data recovery. We use the most advanced data recovery hardware, advanced data recovery software and forensic imaging equipment for all of our recovery services

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